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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 171.203
(ii) The type, make, and model of the
basic radio equipment that will provide
the service.
(iii) The station power emission and
frequency.
(iv) The hours of operation.
(v) Station identification call letters
and methods of station identification,
whether by Morse code or recorded
voice announcement, and the time
spacing of the identification.
(vi) A description of the critical parts
that may not be changed, adjusted, or
repaired without an FAA flight check
to confirm published operations.
(c) The owner shall make a monthly
ground operational check in accord-
ance with procedures approved by the
FAA at the time of commissioning, and
shall report the results of the checks as
provided in § 171.163.
(d) If the owner desires to modify the
facility, he shall submit the proposal
to the FAA and may not allow any
modifications to be made without spe-
cific approval.
(e) The owner’s maintenance per-
sonnel shall participate in initial in-
spections made by the FAA. In the case
of subsequent inspections, the owner or
his representative shall participate.
(f) Whenever it is required by the
FAA, the owner shall incorporate im-
provements in DME maintenance.
(g) The owner shall provide a stock of
spare parts of such a quantity to make
possible the prompt replacement of
components that fail or deteriorate in
service.
(h) The owner shall provide FAA-ap-
proved test instruments needed for
maintenance of the facility.
(i) The owner shall shut down the fa-
cility (
i.e.
, cease radiation and issue a
NOTAM that the facility is out-of-serv-
ice) upon receiving two successive pilot
reports of its malfunctioning.
§ 171.163 Reports.
The owner of each facility to which
this subpart applies shall make the fol-
lowing reports on forms furnished by
the FAA, at the time indicated, to the
FAA Regional office for the area in
which the facility is located:
(a) Record of meter readings and ad-
justments (Form FAA–198). To be filled
out by the owner with the equipment
adjustments and meter readings as of
the time of commissioning, with one
copy to be kept in the permanent
records of the facility and two copies
to the appropriate Regional office of
the FAA. The owner shall revise the
form after any major repair, modifica-
tion, or returning, to reflect an accu-
rate record of facility operation and
adjustment.
(b) Facility maintenance log (FAA
Form 6030–1). This form is a permanent
record of all equipment malfunctioning
met in maintaining the facility, in-
cluding information on the kind of
work and adjustments made, equip-
ment failures, causes (if determined),
and corrective action taken. The owner
shall keep the original of each report
at the facility and send a copy to the
appropriate Regional Office of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration at the
end of the month in which it is pre-
pared.
(c) Radio equipment operation record
(Form FAA–418), containing a complete
record of meter readings, recorded on
each scheduled visit to the facility.
The owner shall keep the original of
each month’s record at the facility and
send a copy of it to the appropriate Re-
gional Office of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
[Doc. No. 10116, 35 FR 12715, Aug. 11, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 171–10, 40 FR 36110, Aug.
19, 1975]
Subpart H—VHF Marker Beacons
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 10116, 35 FR 12716, Aug.
11, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
§ 171.201 Scope.
(a) This subpart sets forth minimum
requirements for the approval and op-
eration of non-Federal VHF marker
beacon facilities that are to be in-
volved in the approval of instrument
flight rules and air traffic control pro-
cedures related to those facilities.
(b) [Reserved]
§ 171.203 Requests for IFR procedure.
(a) Each person who requests an IFR
procedure which will incorporate the
use of a VHF marker beacon facility
that he owns must submit the fol-
lowing information with that request:
